The relationship between exercise, sport performance, and nutrient metabolism.

Scientific bases of clinical exercise programming. The fitness instructor’s role in encouraging changes in exercise behavior.

Prerequisite: EXSC 223, EXSC 224, EXSC 330, EXSC 330L.

Investigation on the physiological basis for strength and conditioning. Principles of strength and conditioning through lecture based learning, demonstrations, and through laboratory activities.

Content varies by title. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours.

Role of motor development in the growth and development of individuals exhibiting impaired motor control.

The effects of age and physical activity on physical and motor functions of elderly individuals.

Sex differences in diseases, physiological function of sex hormones, hormonal changes in a woman’s life, specific women’s health issues, and role of physical activity and exercise in prevention and treatment of conditions and diseases specific to women or related to sex hormones. Restricted to 30 students, Special Permission by Instructor.

The course will increase students’ understanding of the theoretical foundations, scientific evidence and practical application of technology-assisted lifestyle interventions, with an emphasis on behavioral weight control for adults.

Application of neuroscientific theories and measurements to human performance and expertise.

Examination of the interrelationships that link human nutrition to the immune system in health and disease. Topics will include basic immunology, overview of nutritional sources, deficiencies and excesses, and the impact on public health issues such as exercise, disease and aging.

The aim of this course is to acquire a fundamental understanding of how concepts from motor learning, neurophysiology, and muscle physiology are applied to functional strength training.

Students in this course will analyze everyday activities to gain insight into how humans plan, initiate, execute and refine motor skills. Students will also learn how to evaluate research on motor behavior and how to create novel studies aimed at advancing our understanding of everyday motor behavior.

This course is designed to provide students a survey of physiological responses to a variety of environments, such as heat, cold, altitude, and microgravity environments, and how the body acclimatizes to these environments with regards to exercise training.

Examination of the anatomy and function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the exercising human organism, including acute adjustments and chronic adaptations to the systems.

Skeletal muscle physiology and exercise through select laboratory experiences and discussion of related research literature.

The research process in Exercise Science through participation, presentation, and discussion of current research.

An introduction to exercise science with emphasis on the relationships between exercise and health for promotion of physical activity in clinical and public health settings.

Assessment of infant, child, adolescent, and adult motor behavior.

Psychosocial and behavioral factors in physical activity. Topics include mental health effects of exercise, behavior change theories applied to mental health effects of exercise, behavior change theories applied to physical activity, and physical activity determinants and interventions.

This course is designed to introduce students to Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) or Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) for health behavior research. EMA/ESM is a real-time data capture strategy that can be assisted by mobile technologies to assess behaviors, experiences, and exposures in real-world settings. This course will provide an overview of the EMA literature and introduce different EMA approaches and designs to collect data on individuals’ health determinant(s) and/or outcomes. The primary goal of the course is to enable students to apply course concepts and learned skills to develop and implement EMA/ESM in their fields of study.

The part lecture and part discussion course will explore genetic research in the health sciences, with emphasis on human genetic association studies, clinical utility for personalized medicine, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and ethical issues. Students will receive hands-on experience searching, interpreting, and summarizing genetic studies on a topic of their choice.

This course covers planning, organizing and implementing randomized controlled trials of physical activity or exercise interventions. It is primarily aimed to meet the needs of graduate students in exercise science and others in related fields.

A study of theories and mechanisms involved in human movement. Focus is on analysis of principles and systems of gross motor control and learning.

Overview of measurement theory and measures to assess body composition and associated health behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, diet).

This course focuses on fundamentals of biomechanics emphasizing measurement of human movement and motor control. Content presented is essential to understanding human movement, exercise training, movement impairment and injury. Utilization and interpretation of instrumentation for capturing, describing and quantifying human movement and motor control will be covered (e.g., electromyography, kinematics).

Study of the procedures involved in screening and testing persons with varying levels of functional work capacity.

Role of the physical activity specialist within the community health department. Development, initiation, and evaluation of campaigns, resources, community capacity building, and coalitions to promote physical activity.

A study of selected issues in exercise science. Content varies by title.

Current and historical perspectives on the neural basis of skilled motor behavior.

The course examines the endocrine system, its interaction with the nervous system, and how they affect human biology before, during, and after exercise. Special attention will be paid to this system’s influence on the relationship between physical activity and health.

Causes and treatment of childhood obesity with special reference to the role of exercise in prevention and early intervention.

Physiological responses to exercise: skeletal muscle structure and function, cardiorespiratory function, physiological determinants of exercise performance, and training adaptations. Didactic and laboratory included.

The input and response to exercise in diseased populations. Diseases to be examined include cardiovascular disease, age-related diseases, pulmonary, renal, and other conditions.

Presentation and discussion of current research topics in exercise physiology.

Techniques used in exercise testing (including principles of electrocardiology) and in design and delivery of exercise programs for enhancing the health of normal and cardiopulmonary-diseased populations.

The major goal of this course is to provide an in-depth examination of: research concepts, terminology, experimental, non-experimental, and epidemiological designs, internal and external validity, methods for establishing causality investigating associations, and application of designs to test hypotheses in research of exercise science-related outcomes.

Topics to be assigned and approved by advisor, graduate director, and department head.

Clinical practice in an applied area of exercise science. Requirements include at least 20 hours fieldwork per week with intensive supervision.

This course is designed to provide students with a culminating seminar focused on the synthesis of foundational and MPH-PAPH competencies in preparing a high quality grant proposal to address a public health problem.

The focus of this course is the performance of a limited work or service project in an approved public need setting and the demonstration of at least 5 competencies related to previously identified aspects of the student’s chosen role.

Independently executed project designed to expand the student’s knowledge of exercise science.

The course will provide an overview of ethical issues scientists encounter conducting and disseminating public health research. Topics include the history of ethics in public health, working with human participants, conflicts of interests, spin, and creating safe and healthy workplaces.

The course is designed to enable predoctoral students to gain grant writing experience, develop into productive, independent research scientists, and to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research.

The major goal for all students taking this course is to provide an overview of how to conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses from published scientific literature. Emphasis is placed on developing a working knowledge of how to conceptualize a literature review, keyword search for relevant articles through online databases, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, develop coding schemes for study information, and the calculation of effect sizes using published data. For students taking more than 1-credit the additional goals are to provide hands-on experience in conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, calculating effect sizes, and learning to use meta-analysis software.

Examination of neural repair and rehabilitation from a clinical perspective.

Study of muscle contraction mechanics, energetics, and metabolism and the relationship of these processes to physical training, athletics, and rehabilitation.

Study of mechanisms for cardiovascular and respiratory responses to acute exercise and adaptations to these systems with chronic physical activity.

An examination of physical activity/exercise habit patterns as they relate to health status. Emphasis on the chronic effects of exercise.